Current political situation may beget fundamentalism

Senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed warned Saturday there is a possibility of the emergence of fundamentalism if the current political situation cannot be reversed.
“I’m telling you as a citizen of the country, not as a politician, a political vacuum is prevailing in the country. There’s no democracy here. Immoralities and falsehoods have largely engrossed the national politics. The consequence of this situation won’t be good,” he told a roundtable discussion, according to a news agency.
Moudud, also a BNP standing committee members, further said: “The Narayanganj incident is just the beginning. If the current situation continues and a government stays in office which has no accountability there will be the recurrence of such incidents in the days to come.”
He urged the government to free the country’s people from the current ‘uncomfortable’ situation by restoring democracy. “It’s now an immediate task to restore democracy. We (BNP) have nothing to do …it’s the government which has to play the main role to this end.”
The roundtable, titled ‘Political Parties and Democracy in Bangladesh’, was organised at the city’s BRAC Centre Inn.
Criticising the government for what he said snatching the opposition’s democratic rights to holding rallies and processions, the BNP leader said an uneasy situation is now prevailing in the country.